Ⅰ.完形填空(30分)
阅读下面短文，从短文后各题所给的A、B、C和D四个选项中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。
Growing up in the 1960s, I was taught from an early age to send a handwritten thankyou note expressing __1__ for kindness. My mother used to buy me a box of paper and __2__ me in the art and value of saying “thank you”. She __3__ to be right.
A study showed that it took less than 5 minutes to write the thankyou notes. Just 5 minutes to make __4__ person feel overjoyed! __5__， in our “instant” world, the idea of getting an actual pen and writing an actual note seems to never come to mind. We tend to do what is __6__ for us—a quick text or an email.
It's easy to use the __7__ of being busy, but even very busy and __8__ businessmen find time to __9__ thankyou notes. For example, when Douglas Conant became CEO of Campbell's, the company had __10__ half of its market value and morale (士气) was at an alltime low. He __11__ fixing that by doing some simple things that are probably not __12__ in any MBA class. For one thing, Conant wrote to every __13__. He gained their confidence and __14__， turned the company __15__.
In his ten years as CEO, Conant wrote over 30,000 notes to employees. It's __16__ not to ask how he did it. __17__， he had many other things to do __18__ writing a thankyou note. Conant made time for __19__ because he knew the impact (影响) each one would have. An expression of __20__ in this crazy world still makes a difference.
[语篇解读] 本文是一篇记叙文。小时候，妈妈教“我”用手写的感谢便条来表达对善良的感激，并教“我”表达感谢的艺术和价值；研究表明，不到五分钟就能用手写好的感谢便条让他人感到快乐。
1．A.concern B．sympathy
C．affection D．appreciation
解析：根据本句中的“...a handwritten thankyou note expressing __1__ for kindness.”可知，此处指用手写的感谢便条表达对善良的感激(appreciation)，故D项正确。A项意为“担心，关心”；B项意为“同情”；C项意为“喜爱”。
答案：D
2．A.consult B．instruct
C．answer D．impress
解析：根据本句“My mother used to buy me a box of paper...and value of saying ‘thank you’．”可知，“我”的妈妈过去常常给“我”买一箱纸，并教授(instruct)“我”表达感谢的艺术和价值，故B项正确。A项意为“咨询”；C项意为“回答”；D项意为“使留下深刻印象”。
答案：B
3．A.remained B．proved
C．appeared D．claimed
解析：根据语境尤其是下文的内容可推知，此处表示她证明(proved)(这样做)是正确的，故B项正确。A项意为“保持”；C项意为“显得”；D项意为“声称”。
答案：B
4．A.one B．any
C．each D．another
解析：根据空前一句可知，写感谢便条需要不到五分钟的时间；并结合该句和常识可推知，此处表示仅花费五分钟就可以让另一个(another)人感到非常高兴，故D项正确。
答案：D
5．A.Yet B．Therefore
C．So D．Otherwise
解析：根据本句中的“...seems to never come to mind.”并结合上文内容可知，尽管仅花费五分钟就能用手写好的感谢便条让他人感到快乐，但是(Yet)，在我们这个“快捷的”世界里，人们似乎不愿意用这种方式表达谢意；据此可推知，此处前后表示转折关系，故A项正确。
答案：A
6．A.special B．necessary
C．convenient D．important
解析：根据本句中的“...a quick text or an email.”可推知，该处表示我们趋向于使用对我们来说方便的(convenient)方式——快速发送的短信或电子邮件，故C项正确。
答案：C
7．A.case B．excuse
C．example D．situation
解析：根据语境以及本句中的“...of being busy...”并结合常识可知，人们很容易以忙为借口(excuse)，故B项正确。A项意为“事例”；C项意为“例子”；D项意为“情况”。
答案：B
8．A.humorous B．optimistic
C．successful D．experienced
解析：根据语境可知，人们很容易以忙为借口，但即使是再忙碌，成功的(successful) 商人也能找出时间写(pen)感谢便条。
答案：C
9．A.pen B．receive
C．design D．deliver
解析：参见上题解析。
答案：A
10．A.lost B．gained
C．developed D．damaged
解析：根据本句中的“...morale was at an alltime low.”可知，士气空前低落；据此可推知，这家公司已经损失(lost)了一半的市值，故A项正确。
答案：A
11．A.gave up B．kept up
C．set about D．worried about
解析：根据本句中的“He __11__ fixing that by doing some simple things...”并结合语境可推知，他开始做 (set about) 一些简单的事情来解决这一问题，故C项正确。A项意为“放弃”；B项意为“跟上”；D项意为“担心”。
答案：C
12．A.permitted B．taught
C．checked D．tested
解析：根据语境可推知，他所做的简单的事情很可能没有在任何MBA课堂上被教 (taught)过，故B项正确。A项意为“允许”；C项意为“检查”；D项意为“测试”。
答案：B
13．A.market B．businessman
C．company D．employee
解析：根据下文中的“He gained their confidence...”和“...Conant wrote over 30,000 notes to employees.”可推知，Conant给每个员工(employee)写了便条，得到了他们的信任，故D项正确。
答案：D
14．A.personally B．frankly
C．naturally D．occasionally
解析：根据语境可推知，Conant得到了员工们的信任，顺理成章地(naturally)使公司好转起来，故C项正确。A项意为“亲自”；B项意为“坦率地”；D项意为“偶然”。
答案：C
15．A.up B．down
C．away D．around
解析：参见上题解析。turn around意为“好转，扭转”，故D项正确。turn up 意为“出现，发生”；turn down意为“调低，拒绝”；turn away意为“走开，转过脸”。
答案：D
16．A.hard B．great
C．amazing D．disappointing
解析：根据前一句可知，在担任CEO的十年间，Conant给他的员工们写了三万多个便条；结合语境和常识可推知，这令人很难(hard)不去问他是如何做到的，故A项正确。
答案：A
17．A.As usual B．In short
C．By the way D．After all
解析：根据语境可推知，此处表示毕竟(After all)，除了(besides)写感谢便条，他有许多其他事情要做。A项意为“像往常一样”，B项意为“简言之”，C项意为“顺便提一下”，都与文意不符。
答案：D
18．A.by B．in
C．besides D．without
解析：参见上题解析。
答案：C
19．A.me B．it
C．him D．them
解析：根据语境可知，空处指代空前一句中的“...writing a thankyou note.”，故B项正确。
答案：B
20．A.kindness B．joy
C．value D．confidence
解析：根据本文第一句中的“...expressing __1__ for kindness.”并结合全文内容可推知，在这个疯狂的世界中，善良(kindness)的表达仍然会有作用，故A项正确。
答案：A
